KPK Learns 9-Year Sentence Of Former Director General Of Taxes, Angin Prayitno

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will study the verdict handed down by the Jakarta Corruption Court Panel of Judges against the former Director of Audit and Collection at the Directorate General of Taxes, Angin Prayitno Aji.

Angin was sentenced to 9 years in prison with a fine of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary to 3 months in prison. He and the former Head of the Sub-Directorate of Cooperation and Audit Support for DJP Dadan Ramdani were proven to have received bribes for tax administration amounting to Rp. 14,628 billion and S$4 million.

"We will first study the entire consideration of the decision," said Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement, Ali Fikri, in a written statement quoted on Saturday, February 5.

Ali said the KPK appreciates the judge's verdict. Moreover, the considerations in the judicial analysis of the prosecutor's team have been accommodated.

However, no further action will be taken regarding this decision. The KPK Public Prosecutor (JPU), continued Ali, has seven days to make a decision.

"The attitude of the KPK prosecutor is still thinking about determining the next step," he said.

In this bribery case, Angin Prayitno Aji was sentenced to 9 years in prison plus a fine of Rp. 300 million, subsidiary to 2 months in prison. Meanwhile, Dadan Ramdani was sentenced to 6 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 300 million, subsidiary to 3 months in prison.

In addition, both of them are required to pay compensation in the amount of IDR 3.375 billion and 1.095 million Singapore dollars respectively, which is calculated using the 2019 Bank Indonesia Singapore dollar middle exchange rate, which is IDR 10,227 per Singapore dollar no later than 1 month after the decision is final and binding. . Failure to do so will result in an additional 2 years imprisonment.

The bribes were received to manipulate the results of the three tax audits, namely PT Gunung Madu Plantations (GMP) for the 2016 tax year, PT Panin Bank for the 2016 tax year, and PT Jhonlin Baratama (JB) for the 2016 and 2017 fiscal years.